Questions tagged [medical-emergencies]

Speaking in The Great Outdoor's scope, a medical emergency is an injury that puts a person's life or long term health into an immediate risk. These emergencies may require assistance from another person, who should ideally be suitably qualified to do so.

My medical kit already has some MRE style clean water bags, purification tablets, as well as OTC anti-diarrheal pills at the ready. However, now, I am researching what options there are for hydration ...

If someone were to get an open wound in the back country, say a knife slipped while cooking dinner and sliced the person, how would you treat that?
We already have one question about using whiskey, ...

I'll be trekking through a dense monsoon forest which has a sizable population of king cobras and vipers. I'll be at least 5 hours away by walk to the nearest human settlement and another 1-2 hours by ...